Toy building construction



S. A. METCALFE.

TOY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3o, I92I.

1,426,0873I PatenIedA'ug, 15;- 1922.

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TOY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JUNI: so. I92I.

1 ,426,08'7, i Patented Aug. 15, 1922-.

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Unirse stares .SYDNEY A. METCALFE,

or oHIcAGo, ILLINOIS.

TOY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Application med June ao,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SYDNEY A. METCALFE, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Chicago,iin the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements yin ToyBuilding Constructions, of which the following is -a specification. i

My inventionv relates to toy building constructions and has for one ofits objects the provision of simple andvellicient blocks and vsary inmaking toy buildings, and other toys. f-

Other objects will appear hereinafter'.v I

An embodiment of my invention is 4illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- ,f Fig. 1is a view of a building constructed with my improved blocks and sheets;

Fig.- 2 is a constructionl of a building with mv improved blocksand'sheets with one side of each room open so that access may beobtained to each yof. the rooms of the building;

Fig. 3 is a block shown in perspective em bodving my invention;

Fig.l 4 is a view similar to Fig. `3, but-'showv ing fewer slots in theblock;

Fig. 5 lis a piece of sheet material used for trimming around the top ofthe build. mg;

Fig. 6 is a view of a sheet of material used for making the walls,iioors and roof of the building;

Fig. 7 is a piece of sheet material used for making the foundation ofthe building; and

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 6. but showing notches formed in its'edges intermediate its corners.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I haveindicated in Fig. 3 ablock 9, such as I prefer to use. This block is approximately sona-re intransverse section and substantially twice as long as wide. In each endI preferably form two slots 10 and 11 at right angles to each other,whichA 1921. serial No. 481,458.

maybe saw-kerfs, and p'referablyfof depths equal to onesfourth thellength oiffthe block; It will be apparent that the depth of 'these cutsmay be altered in accordance withthe utches of the sheet "material tobe' described aer. Y yIn Fig. 4 Il have shown the-block 9 as havingslots 10 only, and in this construction the eXtra labor' requiredto cutthe slots 11 will be saved. In some parts `of i the slotsll will notbenecessary. f

In' Fig. 6 I have-indicated azsubstantially square piece of sheetmaterial having indications thereon representing window andwallconstructions. j It willgbe apparent that the indications on thewallv may represent any part of the building it isv desired `to build.At vthe corners yofthe 'sheet 12 I4 have formed notches/13, and each ofthe notches is substantiallyl as wide and high as the depth of slot l0.

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the building In Fig. 5 I have` indicateda narrow strip i '14 of sheetmaterial having twor notches 13 in its lower edge and these notches 'areot substantially the same shape and sizeas the y notches 13 in sheet 12.When the parts 12 and 14 are arrangedy in abuildinga block 9 will fitintoadjacent'nOtChes 13,`as clearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, and'holdthe adjacent edges of sheets 12 and 14 tightly ltogether. It is intendedthat the slots 10 and 11 should have widths so as to'trictionally engagethe sheets 12 and 14l to hold the building together and be easilytaken`4apart when so desired. l

In Fig. 7 VI have indicated a narrow sheet of material 15 wider thansheet 14, but it will be Iapparent that the widths of sheets 14 and 15may bev varied as desired. The

- Vsheet 15 also has the notchesl?) in certain of its corners, 'suc'hasthe two upper corners indicated. and thesev notches 13 are also ofsimilarsize to the notches 13 in sheet 12 so that blocks 9 can holdsheet 15 to the under edge ofsheet 12 and so that the adjacent edgeskthereof will be substantially together. Where a building constructionis to be of one story each side can have a foundation sheet 15, one wallsheet 12, and one trimming sheet 14 to make its height. Where thebuilding is to be more than one story high then additional sheets 12willk sheets 12, 14 and 15 when so desired so that they can be used fordifferent kind ofsides of a building.

In fitting a block to the sheets the portion of the block between theslots engages the edge portions of the sheets so that the notches mustbe suificiently large to permit are in the edges intermediate thecorners,

the notches in the sheets,

as indicated at 17. In this form of sheet the notches 17 are ofsubstantially the same depth as notches 13, but twice as long so thatthe slots of a block can engage the `edges of a sheet 16 at the ends ofthe notch 17 and the portion of the block between the slots engage saidnotch 17, as clearly indicated in said Fig. 2. With this constructionthe horizontal walls are held more firmly than with the `constructionusing sheet 12, as indicated in Fig. 1. However the same blocks areapplicable to both constructions, the only diii'erence being in theposition of l prefer to Vmake the sheets referred to of cardboard, butany desirable substance may be used.

Fromvthe above it will be apparent that buildings of-various sizes andshapes may be formed by using three sizes of sheets, such as indicated,and one form of block, it being understood 'that the form of Iblo'ck inFig. '4 may be used some places, as clearly indicated iny Fig. 1, onaccount of its more economical construction.

l claim: i

1. A toy building construction comprising blocks substantially square`in transverse cross-section and ofsubstantially twice the length oftheir widths with slots in their ends, and rectangular' sheet materialpieces havingnotches in their corners with the edges of said sheetsadjacent said notches engaging said slots and held bysaid blocks inbuilding formation.

2. A. toy building construction comprising blocks substantially squarein transverse section and substantially twice as long as wide, eachblock having a slot in its end,

said blocks between said slotsbeing in -engagement with the notches ofsaid sheets.

4l. A toy building construction comprising a plurality of relativelynarrow sheets with notches in their upper corners, a plurality of squaresheets having notches in all their corners, substantially inarrow sheetshaving notches in their lower corners, blocks having slots at rightangles to each other in each end thereof, said slots engaging edgeportions of two adjacent sheets, and two adjacent notches engaging 'eachblock between the slots of the latter.

A toy building construction comprising upright walls formed of aplurality of rectangular sheets with notches in their edges, and blockshaving .slots in their ends with each slot substantially one-fourth thedepth of the length? of its block and said blocks engaging said sheetsadjacent the notches thereof to lockthe sheets in the form of abuilding.

6. A toy building construction comprising.

a wall having two'sheets of material in edge to edge relation withregistering notches in adjacent edges, and afblock having a slot in eachend, the distance between the remote sides of said notches beingsubstantially the same as the vdistancehlaterally through said block.

In testimony whereof 1l have signed my name to this speciiication onthis 27th day of June, A. D. 1921.

sYDNnY A. Merc-Ams.

